Yeop Kembali

Perak has continued their excellent performance by defeating Pahang 2-0 at away turf. What a come back!

Last year nobody wanted to go to Ipoh Stadium but I bet this year the stadium will be full house again. Thanks to Shafiq Jamal and Akmal Rizal goals, Perak bagged 3 points to stay on trailing Kelantan, the board leader, after sharing the point (11 pts) only separated by goal difference.

The new PAFA President who replaced Nizar Jamaluddin and new head coach really has changed the fate of Perak Football Team. I guess Nizar is better focusing his career as a politician as he is a lousy soccer management official. We are better off without him.

To Perak team, I’m looking forward to the Malaysia Cup final this season and hopefully we will deny another Kelantan’s championship ring this year. All hopes on you Yeop!

Jangan Sampai Ditipu

Ini berlaku beberapa hari lepas. Sangat tak patut bila mengenangkannya semula.

Baru-baru ini saya ada ke satu-satunya pusat membeli belah di kawasan kediaman saya. Pergi mencari car charger untuk telefon saya. Mula-mula saya ke Carrefour. Seperti biasa memang terdapat barang yang di cari dengan harga sangat murah : RM19.90. Tetapi tahu sahajalah aksesori Apple mana ada harganya murah. Biasanya yang murah tu tak terjamin kualitinya oleh Apple. Tapi tak kisahlah janji dapat charge telefon dalam kereta.

Selepas itu saya terus pergi mencari di kedai yang lain. Manalah tahu kalau dapat yang lebih baik dengan harga yang sama. Saya singgah di satu kedai telefon yang diiklankan di luar sebagai antara dealer kepada telco Orang Kuning.

Saya mencari benda yang sama dan dia ada menjualnya. Produk yang dijual adalah serupa dengan yang di jual di Carrefour. Sebijik! Tapi cuba teka harganya, RM89! Menakjubkan hehe

Moral of the story :
Berhati-hati bila membeli barangan IT. Perniagaan ini telah dimonopoli oleh orang tertentu. Mereka akan menjual barangan IT kadang kala dengan harga yang tak masuk akal. Kita tahu barang tu tiruan tapi janganlah harganya macam yang original. Adakah mereka penjual tak ada etika dan moral? Tapi kalau yang berniaga di Petaling Street memang susah nak cakap sikit. Saya hampir kena belasah sebab tak jadi beli barang. So where’s your right as a consumer?

So watch out guys! If you looking for a reasonable price for IT accessories and you’re living around Kajang, Bangi or Putrajaya there’s an IT store just outside Warta Bangi, near McDonald. Cari Komputer is the name of the store. I’ve been there quite a few times and I already log it in as one of my Favorite store.

I’m Loving it

ImageI just got myself a new iPhone4. Jolly! So excited over it 😀 after longing for a year. Now I’m posting this post thru it with this WordPress App. Yup, it a bit tacky with this device but I guess this is among the best ways to learn how to type using a touch screen QWERT keyboard. A bit boastful isn’t it?

Anyhow, I love this playful and multipurpose device. Now I can access all my emails on the go, keep update with the world and friends while enjoying the fun FlightControl App. A lot of useful apps available on App Store. Apple boasted with 10 billion apps in the virtual store.

The only things that I miss from my old Nokia E71 are the Ctrl function and the ability to bold text. Is there any app that can do that for me? Wish someone or Apple perhaps could fix this. That would be marvelous!

There are still much more to learn how to use this little devil. Till then, Helloooooo World!

 

1 Month 1 Post Pt. 1

It seems blogging is not my real thingy. The last time that I wrote something was way back in November. I have so much thoughts to share with but time is never at  my side. Yup, blame it on others as if that could change anything. Well, 2011 new resolution, at least 1 month 1 post. Mark this day as this is the first post of 2011.

Anyway, let’s play catch up.

HARIMAU MALAYA (MALAYSIA FOOTBALL TEAM) : CHAMPION OF SOUTH EAST ASIA

Congratulation to Harimau Malaya for superb performance in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010. The 1-5 defeat to Indonesia in the opening game did not hold the young Tigers back. They drew 0-0 to Thailand in their second game and afterwards trashed Lao 5-1.

They continued their excellent performance at Bukit Jalil by scoring 2 goals to nil against Vietnam. Sadly, I was away from KL during the match, and had to watch the game with other Malaysian fanatics at the airport. Allah the Most Knowing had arranged everything for me. My flight was delayed that evening, giving me the opportunity to watch the match till the 85th minute. The 2 phat goals by Safee Sali gave the young Malaysians some space to play in the second leg at Hanoi. The young Tigers sent Vietnam home after holding the Vietnamese 0-0 at their own ground. Malaysia did look  a bit edgy in that match but thanks to the fantastic line of defense, we were finally living up the dream – winning the Cup for the first time. The closest that we got was in 1996 when Malaysia lost to Thailand 0-1 in the first edition of AFF Cup (was known as Tiger Cup). Zainal Abidin Hassan was the MVP for that edition.

The first leg of the finals was at Bukit Jalil. I was there, witnessing  the glorious moment of our football history of the decade. It was world class play by Norshahrul Idlan Talaha to create the opening goal. And it’s one of my favorite plays. The second goal was crucial in order to make sure Malaysia had bagged enough goals before going to Gelora Bung Karno. Again Norshahrul was the man of the hour who set the ball though he initially shot the ball but it hit Indonesian defender and bounced back to make way for Ashari Samsudin to sent it home. The third goal had sealed the deal and sent the Indonesians home under pressure. Accurate lob by Mahalli Jasuli to assist Safee to head in the third goal passed through Markus Harison. That was  a world class header. Everyone at the stadium (except for who wore red) was jubilant. They said that this was IT. Finally, a  new Malayan Tiger was born.

The Garuda was under fire, even called “Timnas Ayam Sayur” by local media, but the fans were still in high spirit. The Indonesian police had tighten up the security to ensure the safety of the Malaysian footballers. Yup, it was also a matter of diplomatic and credibility of the country as well. The Tigers were brought to the stadium in Baracudas, amour vehicles, as precaution steps to play in the final second leg at Gelora Bung Karno.

Even though the Indonesians launched a few strikes early of the game, the Young Tigers were solid. And out of thin air, a counter strike was launched. Safee was set with a brilliant through ball and he sent it home. After the whole heart pumping 90 minutes, Malaysia marked a new history, winning the AFF Cup for the first time. Congratulation Malayan Tiger! You made all of us proud! Safee brought home another trophy, top scorer of the championship.

Undefeated Manchester United

Tonight Man Utd will play Tottenham Hotspur. Until now the Red Devils still undefeated after 20 games. I won’t say that Man U is at top of their game. They had a few hiccups now and then but still manage to keep it up the good spirit. The last match of the 3rd round of FA Cup against Liverpool was not that convincing. Scoring  a penalty in the early minutes of the game and playing against 10 men for me is not a good result. They should have scored more. Nonetheless, a good team will still win even they are not in the mood of winning. The win on boxing day 2-0 against Sunderland will become the starting point of a promising campaign this year. 2011 will witness another treble by United – Premier League, FA Cup and Champion League. Mark my word. Glory Glory Glory United!

 

to be continued

Muafakat Membawa Berkat

‘Muafakat Membawa Berkat’ itulah tajuk syarahan saya pada pagi yang baik ini. Alhamdulillah, syukur kita ke hadrat Allah taala kerana keberkatannya dapat kita bersama-sama berkumpul di dewan yang indah ini untuk berkongsi pemikiran dan pengetahuan kerana sesungguhnya mencari ilmu itu adalah dituntut oleh Allah SWT dan Rasul-Nya. Firman Allah dalam surah Al-Mujadilah (58) ayat ke-11, marhumnya

Allah akan meninggikan orang-orang yang beriman diantaramu dan orang-orang yang diberi ilmu pengetahuan beberapa derajat

Dan juga diriwayatkan Muslim bahawa Nabi bersabda

Barangsiapa berjalan di satu jalan dalam rangka menuntut ilmu, maka Allah mudahkan jalan menuju jannah. Dan sesungguhnya malaikat meletakkan sayap-sayapnya bagi penuntut ilmu tanda ridha dengan yang dia perbuat.

Muafakat berdasarkan terjemahan oleh Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka membawa erti ‘seia sekata atau setuju’ manakala berkat pula dimaksudkan sebagai ‘membawa untung atau berbahagia’. Maka tajuk kita pada hari ini bolehlah disimpulkan sebagai persetujuan dalam sesuatu kerja itu insya Allah akan sentiasa memberi keuntungan atau kebahagian kepada mereka yang seia dan sekata mengenainya.

Mesyuarat Majlis Raja-Raja ke-222 pada 13 hingga 14 Oktober 2010 lalu antara lainnya telah menyatakan kegusaran Raja-Raja Melayu terhadap perkembangan politik negara yang bersifat perkauman dan juga mencabar kedaulatan Perlembagaan dewasa ini. Baginda-baginda telah bertitah bahawa keadaan ini akan membawa musibah kepada negara ini sekiranya berterusan. Justeru, seluruh rakyat adalah diseru memahami dan menghayati sejarah pembentukan negara dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang diasaskan kepada kontrak sosial iaitu semangat permuafakatan dan persefahaman antara kaum dan persetujuan Raja-Raja Melayu.

Selain itu, Raja-Raja Melayu turut menitahkan supaya orang Melayu tidak lagi bertelingkah sesama sendiri. Mereka perlulah bersatu berasaskan persaudaraan Islam supaya kedudukan dan nasib orang Melayu tidak ketinggalan dan terhakis dalam arus pembangunan negara. Seluruh pemimpin Melayu diseru untuk kembali duduk semeja dan bersama-sama berusaha untuk menaikkan kedudukan orang Melayu, di samping terus melindungi dan membela nasib kaum Bumiputra ini. Perselisihan faham dan pertelagahan antara pemimpin Melayu tidak akan memberi keuntungan kepada orang Melayu malah akan merosakkan masa depan mereka di tanah bernama Malaysia ini.

Jelas sekali tuan/puan bahawa kesombongan dan kurang bijaksana orang Melayu itu sendiri akan memamah peluang dan kemajuan mereka sendiri. Allahyarham Dr. Burhanuddin al-Helmi ketika menyertai PAS pada 1956 masih berpegang teguh kepada kepentingan pemuafakatan antara umat Melayu. Beliau merupakan antara tokoh yang menandatangani piagam penubuhan Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu (PEKEMBAR atau UMNO) pada 1946 di Istana Besar, Johor Bharu. Meskipun berbeza pandangan dan ideologi, pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu pada waktu awal kemerdekaan negara ini masih sama dan jitu matlamat mereka, iaitu menyelamatkan bangsa Melayu dari kemunduran dan membawa mereka ke tahap yang mampu berdiri sama tinggi dan duduk sama rendah dengan bangsa-bangsa lain di dunia.

Bagaimanapun, perjuangan parti-parti politik Melayu semakin menjauhi antara satu sama lain sehinggakan ada pihak yang sanggup mengkafirkan satu pihak yang lain sekitar tahun 80-an hanya dek kerana bezanya lambang parti di baju masing-masing. Syahadahnya sama. Junjungan besarnya masih Nabi Muhammad SAW. Kiblatnya masih ke Makkah al-Mukaramah. Tetapi masakan bersolat Jumaat dua kali kerana ada imam yang bersongkok dan imam yang berketayap. Bukankah itu satu penzaliman kepada umat Melayu sendiri?

Ada yang mempersoalkan bahawa perjuangan kita bukanlah berlandaskan kaum atau bangsa, tetapi perlu lebih kepada Islam sebagai ad-Din yang diredhai Allah SWT.  Sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan, istilah Melayu itu turut merangkumi Islam sebagai agamanya selain daripada bahasa pertuturannya, adat budayanya dan juga darah keturunannya. Maka apabila bercakap mengenai perpaduan Melayu, secara langsungnya juga kita bercakap mengenai perpaduan Islamiah.

Dalam menempuh cabaran kemajuan dan kemodenan hari ini dan akan datang, ia lebih memerlukan kepada kemuafakatan antara orang Melayu sendiri demi memastikan kepentingan dan hak mereka tidak akan hanyut dibawa arus pancaroba alaf baru ini. Orang Melayu boleh berbeza pendapat dan pandangan tetapi tidak harus sehingga mengakibatkan perpecahan dan pertelingkahan yang merugikan kaum sendiri. Hanya kerana ingin memenangi satu kerusi DUN atau Parlimen dalam pilihan raya kecil, orang-orang Melayu sendiri yang agamanya tidak pernah menyuruh membenci dan mengasari sesama Islam, sanggup berbaling batu dan kayu ketika hari penamaan calon. Pergaduhan kecil dan ejek-mengejek sesama sendiri bukanlah senario yang pelik ketika tempoh kempen dan hari pengundian terutama di kawasan-kawasan majoriti Melayu. Namun, amatlah pelik jika ternampak aksi sebegitu di kawasan-kawasan yang bukan majoriti Melayu. Tidakkah mereka pernah terfikir bahawa siapa yang menang sekalipun tetaplah orang Melayu yang agamanya Islam? Alangkah baiknya juga sekiranya UMNO dan PAS dapat bertanding satu lawan satu di setiap kerusi Parlimen atau DUN supaya keputusannya nanti sentiasa membawa keuntungan kepada Melayu itu sendiri.

Walau bagaimanapun, kepentingan kaum lain tidaklah harus dipandang enteng. Pemuafakatan antara kaum selama inilah yang menyebabkan setiap warganegara tanpa mengira latar belakang kaum dan agamanya dapat mengecapi pembangunan negara. Di universiti-universiti awam, tetap ramai penuntut-penuntut yang namanya atau ayahnya tidak bermula dengan Muhamad atau Mohd. Hampir 90% empunya rumah kedai bagi setiap blok kawasan komersial yang dibangunkan adalah dari kalangan bukan Melayu. Begitu juga dengan tauke-tauke yang menguasai perniagaan ICT di Plaza Low Yatt. Hak setiap warganegara untuk hidup dengan aman dan selesa di negara ini tidak pernah diganggu gugat oleh pemerintah negara yang diterajui oleh orang Melayu.  Hak dan keselamatan setiap warganegara tanpa mengira kaum dan agama sentiasa dijamin dan dilindungi oleh Yang Di Pertuan Agong, yang juga berketurunan Melayu.

Benarlah kata orang tua-tua yang bijaksana, muafakat itu membawa berkat. Persetujuan yang dicapai antara semua pihak dalam mentadbir negara ini telah memungkinkan kita semua pada hari ini hidup di sebuah tanah yang bebas merdeka serta disegani dan diiktiraf dunia. Lebih mengkagumkan lagi, bahasa kebangsaan kita iaitu bahasa Melayu bukan sahaja ditutur di negara ini sahaja tetapi di seluruh dunia. Pengalaman saya sendiri bertutur bahasa Melayu dengan salah seorang warga Amerika Syarikat yang berbangsa Caucasian di negaranya membuktikan pengiktirafan dunia ini. Justeru itu, marilah sama-sama kita memanjatkan kesyukuran kepada Ilahi atas kurniaan  ini dan meneruskan resam bermuafakat kita untuk sentiasa membawa keberkatan di tanah tercinta ini.

Dari Melaka ke Tanah Jawa,
Membawa bersama pisang seikat,
Bila hati sudah sejiwa,
Muafakat kita membawa berkat.

 

Sekian dahulu sayarahan saya pada hari ini. Yang baik itu dari Dia Yang Maha Mengetahui dan Bijaksana, dan yang kurang itu adalah dari kelemahan saya sendiri. Wabillahi taufik, walhidayah. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Terima kasih.

 

*gian nak kembali ke zaman sekolah untuk masuk pertandingan syarahan walaupun dulu tak berapa nak masuk 🙂

Tahniah Kelantan : Juara Piala Malaysia 2010

Akhirnya menang juga Kelantan untuk memiliki Piala Malaysia. Lepas beberapa kali kempunan, akhirnya tahun ni rezeki Kelantan untuk naik podium. Mungkin rezeki Hairuddin Omar kot sebab tahun lepas dia main dengan Negeri Sembilan dan menang Piala Malaysia, lawan Kelantan. Tahun ni dia tukar team, menang juga. Score pula tu. Apa-apa pun TAHNIAH Kelantan!

Kalau ikut kualiti game tadi, memang menarik. Asyik serang je. Tak de lak nak bertahan mana-mana team pun. Kalau macam ni lah kualiti game pasukan-pasukan lain, mesti stadium 80% penuh punya! Hopefully, next year the quality of our football game will keep improving.

Cuma satu saja yang tak best. Menang pun, stadium penuh dengan botol air dan sampah mercun. Kalau kalah tadi? Nasib baik juga la Kelantan menang tadi 😀

Final Result : Kelantan 2 – 1 Negeri Sembilan

Next stop, Man Utd vs Tottenham Hotspur. Currently, the score is Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham. It’s on track, thanks to Vidic. Hopefully, tonight I will see another fantastic goal from Chicharito, the little green pea!

Update : Man Utd 2-0 Tottenham. Scorer : Vidic (31) & Nani (84). Well done United!

Rewrite History Textbooks : Khoo Kay Khim

As promised, here is the file of the article from the Sun dated Oct 29th 2010 about rewriting our history textbooks : Rewrite history textbooks

Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Khim said well. Our textbooks need to Imagebe rewritten more comprehensively, and I would say add up some spices to the way of writing. We all know ourselves. We do like to read. We read tonnes of novels or magazines but our history textbooks. Why? BORING! Don’t you think they are too stilted? I read history novels and biographies which can be considered as ‘history textbooks’, and I love ’em. The style of writing of our textbooks needs to be changed. It seems that the authors are forcing too much facts into our head. Why not change the writing style to as how you’re telling victorious or sob stories?  Guess that will grab more students’ attention than what we’re having right now.

In terms of writing the facts, I totally agree with Khoo. Don’t need to shy away from the truth. Put the truth on the table and let everybody learn from the past. If we don’t, we’ll be doomed. History tends to repeat itself.

History books are not meant for political means. Just come out clean. I remember a few years back when this one university published a textbook for its unity and integration module, some ‘unseen hands’ had grabbed the university’s b@!!$ to call it off. Why? It mentioned names of political parties which were responsible for the big racial clash in 1969. So, if that continue to happen, we Malaysians are going nowhere.

Praise to the government for making history a must-passed SPM subject by 2013, and introducing the subject to primary school by 2014. Hope these new moves will improve our sense of belonging, and make everyone to embrace other Malaysians as his or her true brothers and sisters.

 

p.s. : check this blog out… I don’t think he favors Khoo that much

*article credit to Kong See Hoh. “Rewrite History Textbooks.” The Sun 28 October 2010 : 10
*pic credit to Aizuddin Saad : Press Photographer

 

Buta Sejarah

Wonders of wORLD wIDE wEB! Saya baru membaca surat khabar semalam, itu pun melalui Internet. Kalau nak baca printed version dah tentu kertas-kertas tu dah lunyai sekarang ni. Satu sebab lagi untuk sokong usaha kurangkan penggunaan kertas – kuranglah sampah dan kuranglah penebangan balak-balak. Takut anak-anak kita dah besar nanti, makin panas pula diorang.

One of the articles that I browsed through tonight that caught my eyes, was from Utusan MalaysiaOrang muda buta sejarah!“. What the ….

ImageCemana pula wartawan tu boleh buat kesimpulan macam ni? Lepas baca satu-satu soalan yang ditanya kepada 200 randomly selected respondents, this is my conclusion :-

Soalan ke-2 dan ke-4 boleh dipertimbangkan kalau salah

Soalan 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 dan 10 tak patut ada yang tak tahu

Sebab :

1. Memang diakui tak ramai yang peka pasal tema sambutan hari merdeka termasuk orang yang tak muda pun. Cuba tanya pada wakil-wakil rakyat, cikgu-cikgu, manager-manager bank dan cashier kedai mamak pun tak tentu tahu lagi.

2. Soalan 4 tu, kalau diubah sikit untuk cam kan jata negara pun tak tentu lagi ramai orang akan dapat jawab dengan betul, tambah la lagi dengan nak tahu cogan kata negara yang hanya ada pada jata tu

Tetapi macam mana pun, sebagai seorang rakyat kenalah at least tahu semua ni. Memang soalan yang basic. Tapi apa penyelesaiannya?

Menteri Pelajaran baru-baru ni ada sebut untuk jadikan subjek sejarah sebagai subjek yang kena lulus dalam peperiksaan awam. Bagus la tu. Baru la budak-budak serius sikit belajar sejarah. Cuma loop hole nya ialah sistem pengajaran dan pengajar tu sendiri. Saya ingat lagi masa waktu sejarah dari tingkatan 1 sampailah tingkatan 5, cara cikgunya mengajar adalah sama : untuk lulus dan score A dalam periksa. Buku teks tu sangat jarang pegang. Kitab utama adalah buku rujukan (ala yang Sasbadi print tu). Kena paksa beli tu! Hasilnya, itu yang Utusan kata Orang Muda Buta Sejarah.

Prof Emeritus Khoo Kay Khim ada kata baru-baru ni, buku teks sejarah kena ditulis semula supaya lebih comprehensive dan menceritakan fakta sebenar. Dia bagi contoh, ramai orang politik kata “penjajah British yang bawa masuk orang Cina beramai-ramai ke Tanah Melayu” padahal sebenarnya “tauke-tauke kaya Cina yang sudah ada di Tanah Melayu yang bawa masuk orang-orang Cina ke sini” untuk lombong bijih timah. Dia juga ada sebut cikgu-cikgu perlu main peranan untuk pastikan anak murid faham sejarah yang di’belajar’nya. Cikgu tu sendiri kena tahu beyond written passages in the text book. Barulah dia boleh cerita dengan menariknya macam mana Kuala Lumpur dibuka. Ini tak, asyik-asyik Yap Ah Loi yang buka KL. Tak cerita pun Abdullah Hukum yang semangat buka kampung-kampung Melayu di KL tu macam di Bangsar.

Esok saya akan upload artikel yang cerita pendapat Prof Khoo pasal keputusan Kementerian Pelajaran dengan subjek sejarah ni. Kena scan dulu paper the Sun tu

ps : What if I was one of the respondents? I should score 9/10. My wrong answer for question #2 would be part of WRONG stat!

*pic credit tu Utusan Malaysia

Are we Not 1Malaysia?

I got stranded at KLIA after my flight to Langkawi which scheduledImage at 3.00pm was canceled due to some aircraft failure or something. At least that what the MAS officer in charge told me.  I finally got to aboard another flight at 6.00pm. I spent almost 4 hours at KLIA today. The longest, so far! Anyway, thanks to MAS for providing a lunch voucher worth RM20.

ImageCoincidently, another colleague of mine was boarding the same flight at 6.00pm. So, at least I had somebody to chat with during the final hour before boarding the flight, and of course during the journey because he was sitting next to me. What’s the odd?!

During that lengthy conversation, he suddenly popped up a question which to me a very ‘brain breaking’ question. “What do you think about Dato’ Sri Najib‘s current policy?”. I supposed “What a nice weather today” wasn’t one of his favorite question. LOL 😀

I paused… I needed a damn good answer, at least to tell him that I do read the newspaper which I seldomly do. * giggle*

I guess Dato’ Sri Najib is trying to embed a real Malaysia idealism in every Malaysians’ hearts and souls. Mahathir did mention in his Malay Dilemma that the shallow and surface relationship between Malay, Chinese and Indian during the early days of independence was among the big factors of May 13th Tragedy. Najib’s trying to foster the real relationship between ethnics who are too diverse in background. I belief that the day will come when the Prime Minister of Malaysia will not be Malay and Muslim. Everybody assumes that the PM will always be a Malay, especially the Malays, because it has been since 1957. But the Federal Constitution says differently. It just states that an MP who has the majority support of Dewan Rakyat will assume the power of the PM of Malaysia. Nonetheless, will the PM at that time continue to protect and uphold the Federal Constitution and its spirit just as when the country was formed and agreed upon in 1957? The religion of the Federal of Malaysia will always be Islam, the special position of Raja-Raja Melayu, the national language will always be only Bahasa Melayu and the special privileges of Bumiputras? Whenever another MP tries to change these articles even he or she is a Malay, will another Chinese, Indian or Sikh MP stands up and opposes it, regardless of his or her political party and religion? Currently, I don’t see that coming. See what happen in Penang or Selangor. Pakatan MPs and ADUNs in those states are promoting new ideology which is too different from the spirit of the Federal Constitution. Malays nowadays can’t even utter the phrase of ‘hak melayu‘. If they say so, Pakatan MPs or ADUNs will attack them as racists. But when Chinese or Indians go around and talk about their rights, no Malay calls them racists. When Teoh Beng Hock died in the custody of SPRM, DAP marched around, did candle light virgil and subtly campaigned that it happened because of Beng Hock was a Chinese. Same thing happened when A.Kugan died in the custody of Police. HINDRAF and DAP went around and subtly told people that it wouldn’t happen if Kugan wasn’t an Indian. People suddenly forgot the sin and crime that Kugan did even he was caught red-handed trying to steal a luxury car. This is a true bigotry. And, when Susilowati and other few Malays was murdered by a few Indians, nobody said anything. Either UMNO or PAS said nothing. Malays didn’t react at all. Why? Because they saw it as a pure sadistic and brutal criminal act. It could happen to anyone regardless of his or her skin color. So, I guess Najib wants to make sure that all Malaysians will only see other Malaysians as Malaysian and not Malay, Chinese, Indian, Orang Asli, Iban, Murut, Kadazan, Bajau, Sungai, Suluk and everything else. He’s promoting 1Malaysia to ensure this and at the same time upholding the spirit of the Federal Constitution. He doesn’t want our national language ends up like Singapore national language which is also Bahasa Melayu. The national anthem is also in Bahasa Melayu – Majulah Singapura. But who still speak Bahasa Melayu in Singapore? Basically, this development is good for Malaysia, however he should consider all options in realizing this sincere concept. Just to make sure it won’t lose in translation.

That was my answer. After writing this down, no wonder I felt that journey from KLIA to Langkawi took shorter than usual 🙂

Legacy of Ashes : The History of The CIA – Initial Review

I’ve been reading “Legacy of Ashes : The History of The CIA” by Tim Weiner for a while now.Image
I just spend about 20 mins per day to read that 700 pages thick book, not everyday though. I wonder when I’m gonna finish it. But I’m at page 211 now. I should be finishing it by mid of next year at that rate. LOL

Anyhow, the book is very interesting. Well, as said by some of its reviewers “astonishing for anyone who’s interested inCIA clandastine operations and history”. And I DO!

ImageMore you can learn from the CIA history. About the U.S. foreign policies especially during the Cold War. To add more, guess how much trillions of dollars have been poured into several countries around the world which are considered strategic for the U.S. existence in this so called free world? And you’d be surprised that some of world leaders that you recognize were waged by the agency to successfully be at the power of their respective countries. Though, some of those operations failed miserably.

One thing that I learn from the early reading of this book, fact is fact. Never ever mislead your bosses with tempered facts. The CIA, according to Weiner, is not only good at manipulating facts to the people but also to the U.S. presidents. It did sometimes supply falsehood briefing papers to the president just to make the agency look good. Walla! Everybody knows the end result. Operation Code Name : Operation Disastrous Failure!

To be fair, the CIA did write its own review regarding this exposure. One can always see how they try to deny the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist findings by questioning the credibility of his sources.

Anyway, I’m gonna continue reading the book and keep you posted with more interesting unclassified fun facts!

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